Skunk Anansie

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(1994 – 2001)

Skunk Anansie was a British rock band, notable for having a black, skinhead, female singer, named Skin (born Deborah Anne Dyer, on 3 August 1967, in Brixton, London). Other members included Cass (Richard Lewis) on bass guitar, Ace (Martin Kent) on guitar and Mark Richardson, who replaced the original drummer, Robbie France. The group formed in 1994, but broke up in 2001. They were named after the West-African folk tales of Anansie the spider-man, with “Skunk” added to “make the name nastier”. They were sometimes grouped as part of a Britrock movement, running alongside Britpop.

The group has been labelled as a “political” band, but the group has emphasized that they would prefer to be labelled simply as a “rock band”. Skin herself, however, has described Skunk Anansie as a “clit-rock” group, which All Music Guide clarifies as “an amalgam of heavy metal and black feminist rage”. Members Skin and Ace have mentioned the Sex Pistols, Blondie, dub music, reggae, electronica, hip-hop music and world music as significant influences.

Since the breaking up of the band, Skin has gone on to a solo career - releasing two albums: Fleshwounds, and Fake Chemical State. Ace has followed a more low-key solo career with Still Hungry, an album with collaborations with many different rock artists. Mark Richardson is now drumming for British band Feeder.

1	Secretly	1,101
2	Weak	730
3	Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) full track	580
4	Charlie Big Potato	563
5	Hedonism	507
6	You'll Follow Me Down	459
7	Lately	428
8	I Can Dream	352
9	Selling Jesus	346
10	Cheap Honesty	319
11	Tracy's Flaw	287
12	Charity	286
13	Brazen (Weep)	267
14	I'm Not Afraid	260
15	Twisted (Everyday Hurts)	256

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RottenBerry wrote:
yesterday morning

Skin is fucking awesome. End of story.

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vodenapushka wrote:
Friday morning

...oh me oh my,...this band with such great vocal and brilliant riffs is f....awsome..fantastic!

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BlisteringDDj wrote:
10 days ago

I'm glad I discovered this band... Just yesterday actually. It's pretty awesome!

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agacinco wrote:
11 days ago

wow they rock

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Stanpolito wrote:
13 days ago

THEIR WANT YOUR SOUL, AND YOUR MONEY...BLOOD..AND YOUR BONES!!!!!

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Venom912 wrote:
16 days ago

excellent

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TheDarlingNikki wrote:
last month

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blackdemise_ wrote:
June 2008

she is my heroine is the best;)

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gatoceleste wrote:
June 2008

me parece buenisimo la voz de ella es notable me encanta el grupo notable...

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xtinadude wrote:
June 2008

Should be well more the 2 million though!!

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Sandkamp wrote:
June 2008

Brazen (Perfecto Mix) by Paul Oakenfold is awesome =D

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JordanPink wrote:
June 2008

2 mil :D

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PabloRH wrote:
May 2008

Hahaha lol @ those similar artists

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PleasureVictim1 wrote:
May 2008

Great to see they're getting much play here. ;-0

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spoonsNfork wrote:
May 2008

woop woop grew up on this! love it

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Invalid-music wrote:
May 2008

Sybje, actually - she was. however, she was great in skunk anansie and that's very pity that they are apart now. 'paranoid and sunburnt'..goooood, what an album!

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Muser_ wrote:
April 2008

Great band

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unholy_rage wrote:
April 2008

The only thing they were spot on with was Guano Apes...

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ShaiThan wrote:
April 2008

Can't find any similarity with Alanis Morisette seriously..

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wildcelt wrote:
April 2008

Heh, I've seen some pretty bad similar artists pairing on other artists' pages, but SA's has to be the worst. Alanis Morissette? Sinead O'Connor? The Cranberries?

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